Just to give everyone an idea how delusional I really can be: at 47 years of age I keep on thinking to myself, that with just a bit more training and technical improvements, I can start catching the age group swimmers that train at the same time as I do in the early morning. Here I am, just passed the half way point in my life and I am still catching myself doing the "next year is my break-out year" thing. Crazy.
Anyway here is a couple of questions to the great crew here with regards to training:
Anybody out there in the 45 to 50 zone who keeps a training log and would be willing to share it with me? I have absolutely no idea what other guys my age are logging per work-out and week and what would be considered decent pace times. I am currently training mostly short-course meters, but I will be training long-course yards (bizarre old out-door pool) for the next two months. I can manage to hold 1:15 repeats for up to 10 by 100 right now, but my goal is to get that down to 1:10 or 1:05 by summer's end. I want to go like I did when I was eighteen just for a few moments.
How about underwater training? I have really poor anaerobic tolerance; I practically have to breath every stroke (versus the common every second or third). An old acquaintance of mine told me of a Navy Seals session he watched years ago where the SEALS had spent an entire 90 minute session swimming lengths under water to build up endurance. Any value for a swimmer? My lack of tolerance probably explains why I was originally a backstroke specialist when I was a kid.
Sprints. I have taken several member's advice and added numerous sprint sessions to my work-outs now. I am doing them sproradically now since I do not have any meets on the horizon, but I intend to ramp up the speed work as the fall competitive season approaches. One person suggested I keep everything down to 25 meter full out efforts while another suggested that I needed to get my 100 meter repeats down under 1:10 if I was going to meet my 400 meter goal of sub 5 minutes. Do I mix and match? Where do I put my emphasis?
BTW: this site is fantastic.
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Not a 55 yard pool like at UBC then?
It looks like youre well on your way - but why so much pull? Youre not going to be using paddles/pullbuoy in a race, and it seems to be racing that youre interested in, yeah? Just a thought.
10x100 @1:25 SCM aint too shabby, and I think youll easily get your goal times, but you need to rest before meets (and maybe ease back on the throttle a bit - youve been back into swimming how long, and youre already thinking about swimming with the age groupers?). Youre a ripper, that much is obvious, but I think youve got to work into it a bit.
And dont feel bad that you got your ass handed to you by Welechuk at provincials - he does that to everyone - does it to me all the time!
Not a 55 yard pool like at UBC then?
It looks like youre well on your way - but why so much pull? Youre not going to be using paddles/pullbuoy in a race, and it seems to be racing that youre interested in, yeah? Just a thought.
10x100 @1:25 SCM aint too shabby, and I think youll easily get your goal times, but you need to rest before meets (and maybe ease back on the throttle a bit - youve been back into swimming how long, and youre already thinking about swimming with the age groupers?). Youre a ripper, that much is obvious, but I think youve got to work into it a bit.
And dont feel bad that you got your ass handed to you by Welechuk at provincials - he does that to everyone - does it to me all the time!
